The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7579

7579. We'll Never Say Goodbye

1. With friends on earth we meet in gladness,
While swift the moments fly,
Yet ever comes the tho’t of sadness,
That we must say, Goodbye.

Refrain
We’ll never say goodbye in Heav’n,
We’ll never say goodbye,
For in that land of joy and song,
We’ll never say goodbye.

2. How joyful is the hope that lingers,
When loved ones cross death’s sea,
That we, when all earth’s toils are ended,
With Thee shall ever be. [Refrain]

3. No parting words shall e’er be spoken,
In yonder home so fair,
But songs of joy, and peace, and gladness,
We’ll sing forever there. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: With friends on earth we meet in gladness
• Title: We'll Never Say Goodbye
• Author: Anzentia Igene P. Chapman (1889)
• Refrain First Line: We'll never say goodbye in Heav'n
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: In 1887, Anzentia, her husband and children traveled from their home in Michigan on an evangelism tour of Kansas. En route, the children were playing with coins, and seven-year-old Eva swallowed some. Swallowed coins often pass harmlessly, but these did not. Five days later, Eva announced she was going to Heaven. She gave away her childhood treasures to her family, then got in her brother's lap and sang "Into My Heart, Come into My Heart Lord Jesus." After that she passed away to Heaven. Her heartbroken parents, not finished with their tour, put Eva into a glass topped coffin and stored it in a cave. When the tour was over, they buried her in Edna, Kansas. After the family returned home, then moved to Isabella County, Michigan, Anzentia wrote this song in memory of Eva.

Tune Information

• Name: [With friends on earth we meet in gladness]
• Composer: John Harrison Tenney
• Incipit: 55351 31176 53512
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain